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The Top 1. 0 Things Pharisees Say Today. Chances are that if you’re a Christian, your desire is to be more like Christ. That’s great. But are you? How would you know? A recent Barna study owned me.

The survey revealed that 5. North American Christians polled all possess attitudes and actions that are more like the Pharisees than they are like Christ.

In other words, the attitudes of most Christians were described as self- righteous and hypocritical. According to the study, only 1. Christians surveyed reflected attitudes and actions that better resembled the attitudes and actions of Christ. What surprised me (as well as study author David Kinnaman) is how my attitudes and actions still need work. I’m far too much like a Pharisee and not enough like Jesus.

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I was so bothered by it I taught an entire series about it. And you can watch a conversation David Kinnaman and I had about the research here. What breaks my heart is that I think the Pharisee in many of us is killing the mission and effectiveness of the church.

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So how do you know how much Pharisee resides within you? In Defense of the Pharisees (Well, Almost Defense)Before we jump to that, I understand that in many church circles, to simply say the word . They studied the law and knew it as well as anyone. Their downfall, among other things, centered on their self- justification and self- importance. But there’s evidence that some Pharisees were sincerely seeking God.

After all, Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea, both Pharisees, arranged for Jesus’ burial. They were sympathetic to Christ and, from what we can tell, ultimately ended up following him. Similarly, the mission of the early church was radically advanced by a converted Pharisee—Paul. And yet Jesus condemned the Pharisees for their pride, lack of compassion and hypocrisy. The irony, of course, is this: the people who purported to love God most ultimately killed him when he showed up. This isn’t about Jews and Gentiles.

It’s about religious people (like you and me) who in the name of God deny who God really is. Denying God is exactly what we do when our attitudes justify us more than they reflect the heart and love of Christ. Things Today’s Pharisees Say. So what do today’s Pharisees say? Based in part on the research and in part from my own experience, here are the top 1.

Pharisees say. A word of caution. As you read them, don’t think about who these phrases remind you of nearly as much as you think about how they reflect your attitude and actions. If we all do that, we will all be better off and the church will be stronger for it.

Judgment and self- righteousness rolled up into a neat little package. I really want people to read their Bibles. But when I get smug and superior about reading mine, I miss the point. You got in because of the mercy which Christ extended to you when you broke the rules. Following the rules doesn’t keep you in the love of God any more than it got you into the love of God. So why follow the rules? Following the rules is a response to the love of God.

And your attitude should be one of gratitude, amazement, and humility. Salt needs to get out of the box to season food. And Jesus paid a price for that among religious people.

They couldn’t fathom why he would hang out with tax collectors, hookers, and other notorious sinners. When was the last time you hung out with a hooker? Convicting, isn’t it? Disturbing, isn’t it?

Yes, it is. 4. And we do trust that God listens to our prayers. But, as we’ve said before in this space, prayer is not a button to be pushed nearly as much as it is a relationship to be pursued. The smugness and certainty with which many Christians talk about prayer must strike people as weird, weird, weird. The biblical portrait of prayer is as much about broken people embracing the mystery and majesty of a forgiving God as much as it is about anything. When prayer becomes a predictable formula that manipulates or controls God, you can be pretty sure you’re no longer praying.

I try to live by them. But when I allow my relative . The early church’s compassion in the first few centuries after Jesus’ resurrection was one of the key reasons the Christian faith spread so rapidly, even amidst extreme persecution.

When asked whether they are Christian, they say things like “I know, isn’t that unbelievable? Free Download Mad Women (2015) Movie. Can you believe that God would extend his mercy to someone like me through Christ? I am amazed! Overwhelmed!”I love Keller’s heart on this.

By the way, if you want to hear an extraordinary message on the prodigal sons (sic), do yourself a favour and spend 3. They lived out their faith in a world that didn’t share their values, but rather than fight their non- Christian counterparts, they laid down their life for them.

While some people might get very angry and demand that we stand up for Christian values, I think the biblical argument runs the other way. As I outline here, maybe one of the best things Christians today can do is let non- Christians off the moral hook.

Christians should live out Christian values deeply and authentically. But why would we hold non- Christians to a standard they don’t believe in, anyway?

Jesus and Paul never appeared to do this. And you might discover you do too. And people – who at one time didn’t follow Jesus –  might even start following Jesus. There is a Pharisee that lives in me. But before we leave this, can you imagine what would happen if Christians today exuded the love, truth, grace and mercy of Christ?

I think the church would be different. What attitudes do you need to check in yourself? What other things have you heard that are impeding the mission of the church? Leave a comment! Related.